JPH08107835A - Wet hand towel-feeder to rolling machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To perform the feeding of wet towels to a rolling machine without an operator or by a small number of workers by a method wherein a wet towel is lifted by pinching the two corners being adjacent which are detected by a corner-detector, and the wet towel, which is put under an extended condition, is fed to an extended set position of a transfer conveyor. CONSTITUTION: A wet towel-transfer conveyor 1 is provided between a wet towel accumulating place, 3 where cleaned wet towels 2 are stacked, and a rolling machine 16. Above the transfer conveyor 1, one sheet of the wet towel 2 is pinched by a pinching device 4, and a small number of wet towels 2 are placed on a temporary placing table 5 for one time. Then, one sheet of the wet towel 2 is pinched again by another pinching device 6, and the wet towel 2 is transferred to a conveyor (1a) for feeding. Then, under a condition in which the one sheet of the wet towel 2 is being pinched, the adjacent two corners are detected by a corner-detector 7, and the corners are pinched by pinching devices 8, 9, and the wet towel 2 is lifted and put under an extended condition. Then, the wet towel 2 which is fed to the rolling machine 16 side by a transfer conveyor 10 is doubly folded, and fed to the rolling machine 16, and above processes can be performed without an operator.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for supplying a hand towel to a winding machine for continuously feeding a wet hand towel which has been washed with hot water or water and squeezed to form a hand towel. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A hand towel winder for automatically winding a wet hand towel, which has been washed with hot water or water and squeezed, into a rod shape is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 4-154506. Wet towels are supplied to the hand towel collecting area by a number of workers, picking up one by one each of the piles of wet towels that have been conveyed by a conveyor, etc., and then inspecting them for foreign matter adhesion, dirt, tears, etc. Items that can be shipped as products are normally folded in two by hand and supplied to the inlet conveyor of the winding machine.

[0003]

As described above, since the hand towel is supplied to the winding machine, the steps of picking, inspecting, folding, and supplying the hand towel to the hand towel are all manually performed. Work efficiency is poor and productivity is low. In addition, a large number of workers are required, which is disadvantageous in terms of cost. Further, there is a problem that it is not preferable in terms of hygiene because it is manually performed. In order to advantageously solve such a problem, it is an object of the present invention to provide a hand towel supply device for a winding machine that can supply the hand towel to the winding machine unattended or with a small number of people. .

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention, which has solved the above-mentioned problems, provides a hand towel transfer conveyor between a hand towel collecting field where piles of washed wet hand towels are piled up and a winding machine. A hand towel holding device for holding a single hand towel on the upper side and carrying it to the supply section to the hand towel transfer conveyor, a corner detector for detecting the corner of the hand towel carried to this supply section, and this corner detector The winding machine is characterized in that it is provided with a moistening device for the expansion set, which clamps two adjacent corners detected by The first invention is a hand towel supply device,
A wet towel transfer conveyor and a wet towel inspection table are sequentially provided between the hand towel collecting area where piles of washed wet towels are piled up and the winding machine, and one wet towel is sandwiched above the transfer conveyor to the wet towel transfer conveyor. Gripping device for carrying to the supply part of the device, a corner detector for detecting the corner of the hand towel carried in this corner detection space, and two adjacent corners detected by this corner detector A hand towel holding device for the development set is provided to lift the hand towel to the unfolded state and send it to the development set position of the transfer conveyor. Furthermore, the corner of the hand towel that has been transferred is detected above the downstream side of the transfer conveyor. Corner detector,
A hand towel supply device for a winding machine, which is provided with a hand towel holding device for an inspection table set for sandwiching two adjacent corner portions detected by the corner portion detector and feeding the hand towel onto the inspection table. As a second invention, a hand towel transfer conveyor and a hand towel inspection table are sequentially provided between the hand towel collecting area where piles of washed wet hand towels are piled up and a winding machine, and a single hand towel is provided above the transfer conveyor. A hand towel holding device which holds the hand towel to the supply section to the hand towel transfer conveyor, a corner detector which detects a corner of the hand towel carried to this supply section, and a neighboring unit 2 which is detected by this corner detector. A wet set sandwiching device for the expansion set, which holds the four corners to lift the wet towel, expands it, and sends it to the expansion set position of the transfer conveyor, is provided further downstream of the transfer conveyor. An inspection for feeding the hand towel onto the inspection table by sandwiching the corner detector for detecting the corner of the hand towel transferred above and two adjacent corners detected by the corner detector. It is characterized in that it is equipped with a hand towel gripping device for a stand set, and a hand towel gripping device for bi-folding that holds both sides of the center of the tested hand towel in the upper part of this inspection table and folds it in half A third embodiment of the present invention is a hand towel supply device for a winding machine.

[0005]

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a transfer conveyor for a hand towel 2 provided between a hand towel collecting area 3 and a winding machine 16. The hand towels 2 that have been washed and squeezed with hot water or water are sent to the hand towel collecting area 3 by the transfer conveyor 1 and piled up in an irregular shape on the hand towel collecting area 3, and the piled hand towels 2 are sequentially held by the holding device 4. Then, it is transported to the temporary storage stand 5 attached to the hand towel collection site 3. When the hand towels 2 piled up in the hand towel collecting area 3 are held by the holding device 4, the temporary placing table 5 may mistakenly hold a plurality of hand towels 2 at the same time. Therefore, a plurality of hand towels can be directly sent to the next process. The hand towel 2 is installed so as not to be squeezed, and one or a small number of towels 2 that are sandwiched by the sandwiching device 4 and carried to the temporary placing table 5 are once placed on the temporary placing table 5. After that, another clamping device 6
The sheet of hand towel 2 is re-sandwiched and is transferred to a supply conveyor 1a which is a supply unit to the hand towel transfer conveyor 1 provided between the hand towel collecting area 3 and the winding machine 16. Reference numeral 7 denotes a corner detector 7 (optical detector or the like) provided above the supply conveyor 1a of the transfer conveyor 1, which is clamped by another clamping device 6 and transferred to the first conveyor 1a. While the one hand towel 2 is still held by the holding device 6, the two corner portions 2a and 2b adjacent to each other are detected by the corner detector 7, and based on the detection signal, it is used for developing and setting. A first corner holding device 8 which is one of the hand towel holding devices holds and lifts the first corner 2a, and at the same time, the holding device 6 moves up and down to loosen the hand towel 2 and then obliquely upstream side. Move to. Then, the second corner portion 2b is detected by the corner portion detector 7, and based on this detection signal, the second corner holding device 9 which is one of the hand towel holding devices for the expanding set is set to the second position. The corner portion 2b is clamped, and then the clamping by the clamping device 6 is released, and the two clamping devices 8 and 9 are lifted to place the hand towel 2 in the unfolded state on the conveyor 1a. After that, it is transferred to the winding machine 16 side by the transfer conveyor 1, folded in two and supplied to the winding machine 16. The means for folding the hand towel 2 transferred to the winding machine 16 side by the conveyor 10 into two and supplying it to the winding machine 16 may be a manual work, but in the embodiment, it will be described later.

Next, an example of the mechanism for holding, moving, expanding, and moving the hand towel by the holding devices will be described. 2, 3, and 4, the holding device 4 is a chuck portion 4
a and chuck claws 4b fixed to the chuck portion 4a
A lifting device (cylinder) 4c, 4d and a moving device (cylinder) 4e, and the chuck claw 4b is, for example, a leaf spring so as to securely hold the hand towel. Then, the lifting device 4c is operated to lower the holding device 4, and the contact with the hand towel is detected by the air pressure detector (not shown) installed in the driving air circuit of the lifting device 4c, and the chuck claws 4b are detected. Then, the lifting and lowering devices 4c and 4d are simultaneously raised and moved onto the temporary placing table 5 by the operation of the moving device 4e, and the chuck claws 4b are released to remove the hand towel from the temporary placing table 5.
After dropping it, the clamping device 4 returns to the top of the conveyor 1.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 5, the holding device 6 has a chuck claw 6b fixed to a chuck portion 6a.
And a lifting device (cylinder) 6c, 6d and a moving device (cylinder) 6e. The chuck claw 6b is, for example, a leaf spring as shown so as to securely clamp the hand towel, and the clamping direction is the moving direction of the conveyor 1a. Be positioned parallel to. Therefore, after operating the elevating devices 6c and 6d of the holding device 6 to hold one piece of the hand towel 2 on the temporary placing table 5 by the chuck claws 6b fixed to the chuck portion 6a, the moving device 6e is operated to temporarily move the hand towel. After moving from the stand 5, the lifting devices 6c and 6d are operated to lower the chuck claws 6b to flow the downstream side of the hand towel 2 onto the conveyor 1a as described above, and the corner detector 7 (image processing device). The first corner portion 2a of the hand towel 2 is detected by and is held by the holding device 8. The sandwiching device 8 includes a chuck portion 8a, a chuck claw 8b fixed to the tip, a rotating cylinder 8c for rotating the chuck portion 8a, lifting devices 8d and 8e, and moving devices 8f and 8g. Hand towel 2
Is a leaf spring as shown in the drawing so as to surely clamp it, and the clamping direction is positioned at a right angle to the moving direction of the conveyor 1a. Then, the position of the first corner 2a of the hand towel 2 detected by the corner detector 7 is controlled by a controller (not shown).
To move the moving devices 8f and 8g to the chuck claw 8
b to the first corner 2a of the hand towel 2, and the lifting device 8
1st of the hand towel 2 with the chuck claw 8b.
The corner portion 2a is clamped, and the chuck portion 8a is lifted by the lifting device 8d.
At the same time, the lifting device 6c of the holding device 6 is moved up and down to loosen the hand towel 2. Then, the moving device 8f,
8g is driven to move the chuck portion 8a obliquely to the upstream side, and at the same time, the elevating device 8e is lowered to detect the second corner portion 2b of the hand towel 2 by the corner portion detector 7 to stop the conveyor 1a and hold it. The device is held by the chuck claws 9b of the device 9.

The holding device 9 is shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 5, and 6.
As shown in FIG. 4, a chuck portion 9a, a chuck claw 9b fixed to the tip thereof, a support fitting 9c fixedly arranged on the chuck portion 9a, a support shaft 9d for supporting the same, a support fitting 9e for supporting the support shaft 9d, and a support fitting. Positioning shaft 9f for positioning 9c, positioning tension spring 9g and supporting shaft 9h for supporting it, and supporting metal member 9c provided on the supporting metal member 9e.
Swing detector 9i and lifting device (cylinder) 9j, 9
k and moving devices 9l and 9m. In addition,
The chuck claw 9b is, for example, a leaf spring as shown in the figure so as to accurately clamp the hand towel 2, and the clamping direction is the conveyor 1
It is positioned at a right angle to the moving direction of a.

Then, the second corner 2b of the hand towel 2 detected by the corner detector 7 is input to a control device (not shown),
After moving the chuck claws 9b onto the second corner portion 2b of the hand towel 2 by driving the moving devices 9l and 9m of the holding device 9, the elevating device 9j lowers the chuck claws 9b, and the chuck claws 9b move the wet towel 2b. The tip corner portion 2b is clamped. Then, the gripping of the hand towel 2 by the chucking claw 6b of the clamping device 6 is released, the chucking claw 9b is raised by the elevating device 6c, and is moved to the central portion of the temporary placing table 4a by driving the moving device 6e. As described above, the gripping of the hand towel 2 by the chuck claw 6b is released, and at the same time, the chuck claw 8b of the gripping device 8 is released.
The hand towel 2 in which the first corner portion 2a and the first corner portion 2b are clamped by the chuck claw 9b of the clamping device 9 and the lifting devices 8e and 9j of the clamping devices 8 and 9 simultaneously rise, and the conveyor 1a is lifted. To start. While the moving device 8f and the moving device 9l are driven by a control device (not shown) to move the hand towel 2 on the conveyor 10 to a fixed position, the moving device 9m is driven by a control device (not shown). The hand towel 2 is moved toward the expansion side, the detector 9i installed in the holding device 9 detects the expansion completion position, and the result is input to a control device (not shown) to stop the moving device 9l. The chuck claw 8b and the chuck claw 9b are put down on the belt 10 and stopped at a fixed position.

Next, the hand towel 2 holding the first corner 2a and the second corner 2b is lifted by the lifting device 8e of the holding devices 8, 9.
9j simultaneously lifts and simultaneously releases the drive solenoid valve (not shown) of the rotary cylinder 8c installed on the upper part of the chuck portion 8a of the holding device 8 to rotate the chuck portion 8a counterclockwise. And the moving device 9 of the holding device 9
When m is driven by a controller (not shown) and moved in the direction of the spreading side of the hand towel 2, tension is generated in the hand towel 2 and the chuck portion 8a of the holding device 8 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction. Eliminate the twist at the corner of No.2. After releasing the chuck claws 8b of the holding device 8, the rotary cylinder 8
The driving electromagnetic valve (not shown) of c is operated to rotate the nipping chuck portion 8a in the clockwise direction for positioning.

When the moving device 9m of the holding device 9 is driven by a control device (not shown) and moved in the direction of the spreading side of the hand towel 2, tension is generated in the hand towel 2 and the chuck portion 9a uses the support shaft 9d as a fulcrum. It freely rotates and swings together with the support fitting 9c fixed to the chuck portion 9a. Then, the swing of the support fitting 9c is detected by the detector 9i attached to the support fitting 9e, and the deployment completion position of the hand towel 2 is detected.
When the chuck claw 9b of the holding device 9 holding the hand towel 2 is released, the tension caused by the hand towel 2 is released and the positioning shaft 9f is returned by the tension spring 9g supported by the support shaft 9h and the positioning shaft 9f. Then, the chuck portion 9a is positioned by the support fitting 9e.

The stop position of the moving device 9m detected by the detector 9i of the holding device 9 and stopped at the expansion completion position and the size of the hand towel 2 registered in advance in the control device (not shown) are compared and calculated and matched. If not, for example, the hand towel 2 having different sizes and the hand towel 2 that does not hold the planned corners 2a and 2b are moved by the moving device 8g of the holding device 8 and the holding device 9.
The moving device 9m is driven by a control device (not shown) to move it to the upper center of the conveyor 10 to release the nipping of the chuck claw 8b and the chuck claw 9b, drop it on the conveyor 10 and discharge it. Tension is generated in the hand towel 2 which is sandwiched between the chuck claws 8b of the clamping device 8 and the chuck claws 9b of the clamping device 9 and is in the expanded state, and the chuck claws 8b
Also, when the chuck claws 9b are released and placed on the conveyor 10, the shape of the wet towel 2 is disturbed by bouncing or the like, which causes an obstacle in the next process. Therefore, the moving device 8g of the holding device 8 is controlled. The tension of the hand towel 2 is released by driving with a device (not shown) and moving a certain amount.

For the hand towel 2 whose size has been confirmed, a moving device 8g of the holding device 8 is driven by a control device (not shown) to move a certain amount of tension generated in the hand towel 2 to the slack side. And the lifting device 8d and the lifting device 8e of the holding device 8 and the lifting device 9j and the lifting device 9k of the holding device 9 are simultaneously lowered while flowing the hand towel 2 onto the conveyor 10 to stop the conveyor 10 and the chuck claw 8b. And the chuck claw 9b are released at the same time to obtain a wet towel 2
Is placed on the conveyor 10. Then, the elevating device 8d and the elevating device 8e of the holding device 8 are raised, and at the same time, the moving device 8f and the moving device 8g are driven by the control device (not shown) to move the chuck portion 8a to the standby fixed position. At the same time, the elevating device 9j and the elevating device 9k of the holding device 9 are raised, and the moving device 9l and the moving device 9m are driven by the control device (not shown) to move the chuck portion 9a to the standby fixed position. . The hand towel 2 thus placed on the conveyor 10 is conveyed to the downstream side by the conveyor 10, and the hand towel is inspected for tears, dirt and the like on the conveyor 10 by hand, and is folded into two and supplied to the winding machine.

In the above construction, the temporary placing table 5 may erroneously sandwich a plurality of hand towels 2 when the hand towels 2 piled up in the hand towel collecting area 3 are held by the holding device 4. Since the plurality of hand towels are installed as they are so as not to be sent to the next step, the holding device 4 can surely hold the hand towels 2 from the hand towel collecting area 3 one by one. It is not necessary if it has a high degree of accuracy. Thus, labor can be saved by removing the hand towels from the hand towel collecting area where piles of washed wet hand towels are piled up and spreading them one by one, thereby saving labor and improving productivity.

Further, in the above-described hand towel supply device for a winding machine, if an inspection device for tearing or dirt of the hand towel is additionally provided, further labor saving can be achieved.
That is, as described above with reference to FIGS. 2, 7 and 8, the hand towel 2 placed on the conveyor 10 is the conveyor 1.
When it is conveyed to the downstream side by the drive of 0, the size of the hand towel 2 registered in advance in the control device (not shown) and the distance between the holding position of the holding device 12 and the holding position of the holding device 12 are changed. After the calculation, the position of the upstream corner of the hand towel 2 is confirmed with a tachometer (not shown) installed on the conveyor 10, and the conveyor 10 is stopped.

2 of the hand towels 2 to be held by the holding device 12
The two corners are the first corner 2a sandwiched by the sandwiching device 8 and the second corner 2c on one side in the downstream flow direction of the sandwiching device 8, and the first corner 2a of the hand towel 2 sandwiched by the sandwiching device 8 The sandwiching release position on the conveyor 10 is always fixed in the width direction of the conveyor 10. However, the downstream corner of the hand towel 2 always changes, so the downstream corner of the hand towel 2 is angled. It is detected by the part detector (image processing device) 11,
The clamping device 12 clamps both corners in the flow direction. The clamping device 12 includes a chuck portion 12a and a chuck portion 12b.
Chuck jaws 12 fixed to the holding chuck portion 12a
c, a position setting device 12d for setting the holding position of the chuck portion 12a, a cylinder 12e for driving the position setting device 12d, a holding position of the chuck claw 12f fixed to the chuck portion 12b, and the holding position of the chuck portion 12b. The position setting device 12g, a cylinder 12h for driving the position setting device 12g, an elevating device (cylinder) 12i, and a moving device 12j. The chuck claw 12c and the chuck claw 12f are plates for securely holding the hand towel 2. It has a spring shape and the direction of clamping is conveyor 1.
It is installed parallel to the 0 flow direction. Also, the cylinder 12e has the size of the hand towel 2 and the cylinder 1
2h is a two-stage cylinder so that it can be set in accordance with the corner of the hand towel 2 to be held, and it can be set in three positions.

The chuck portion 12b of the holding device 12 is moved to the holding position by driving the position setting device 12g by the cylinder 12h according to the size of the hand towel 2 registered in advance in the control device (not shown). The position of the downstream side corner of the hand towel 2 detected by the detector 11 of the portion 12a is input to a control device (not shown), and the position setting device 12d is driven by the air cylinder 12e to move to the holding position. The chuck unit 12a and the chuck unit 12b are driven by a controller (not shown) to move the moving unit 12j to a fixed holding position on the conveyor 10, and are lowered by the elevating device 12i to be wetted by the chuck unit 12a and the chuck unit 12b. The two corners of one side of the flow direction 2 are clamped at the same time. Then, the controller (not shown) drives the moving device 12j to move it to the fixed position of the inspection table 13 to release the chuck portion 12a and the chuck portion 12b, place the hand towel 2 on the inspection table 13, and hold the gripping device 12 in place. A controller (not shown) drives the moving device 12j to move it to the holding standby fixed position.

Then, the hand towel 2 placed on the inspection table 13 is imaged by the inspection table (image processing device) 14 and inspected for tears, dirt, foreign matter adhesion, etc., and as a result, the passed hand towel 2 is manually Fold it in half and supply it to the winding machine.
Thus, the inspection of the stains on the hand towel 2 can be mechanized to further save the labor and improve the productivity.

Next, according to the present invention, as described above, the process of inspecting the dirt and the like of the hand towel can be unmanned by mechanizing the process of folding in two, and further labor saving can be achieved. 2, 9 and 10, the hand towel 2 placed on the inspection table 13 is imaged by the inspection device (image processing device) 14, and the center of the hand towel 2 is grasped by the chuck portion 15a and the chuck portion 15b of the holding device 15. Hold both ends. The inspector 14 inspects the size of the hand towel 2 and the adhesion, dirt, breakage, etc. of foreign matter, and is composed of a plurality of imaging cameras and an image processing device as required.

The holding device 15 includes a chuck portion 15a, a chuck portion 15b, a chuck portion 15c, a chuck portion 15d, a chuck claw 15e fixed to the chuck portion 15a, a chuck claw 15f fixed to the chuck portion 15b, a chuck portion 15b and a chuck. A position setting device 15g for setting the holding position of the portion 15d, a cylinder 15h for driving the position setting device 15g, a chuck claw 15i fixed to the chuck portion 15c, and a position setting device 15j for setting the holding position of the chuck portion 15c. A cylinder 15k for driving the device 15j, a chuck claw 15l fixed to the chuck part 15d, a position setting device 15m for setting the holding position of the chuck part 15d, a cylinder 15n for driving the position setting device 15m, and a lifting device (cylinder) 15o. With mobile device 15p Et configured chuck jaws 15e and the chuck claws 15f, the chuck claws 15i, the chuck claws 15l
The hand towel 2 is shaped like a leaf spring so that it can be securely held, and the holding direction is set at a right angle to the moving direction of the hand towel 2.

The chucking portion 15b, the chucking portion 15c, and the chucking portion 15d of the holding device 15 are set to the holding position according to the size of the hand towel 2 registered in advance in the control device (not shown). Chuck portion 15b and chuck portion 1
5d drives the position setting device 15g by the cylinder 15h to move it to the clamping position, and the chuck part 15c drives the position setting device 15j by the cylinder 15k to move it to the clamping position. The central portion of the hand towel 2 detected by the inspection device 14 is input to a control device (not shown), and the moving device 15p is driven to move the chuck portions 15a and 15b to the central portion of the hand towel 2 on the inspection table 13. Lifting device 1
5o is lowered, and the chuck portion 15a and the chuck portion 15 are
The both end portions of the hand towel 2 are clamped at the same time by b, the lifting device 15o is raised, and the moving device 15p is driven by the control device (not shown) to fold the hand towel 2 in a fixed position on the downstream inspection table 13 in half. While moving.

When the inspection result of the inspection device 14 is unacceptable, the chuck portion 15a and the chuck portion 15b are released and discharged by a discharging device (not shown). When the inspection result of the inspector 14 is acceptable, the elevating device 15o is lowered to clamp the upstream end corners of the hand towel 2 folded in half by the chuck portion 15c and the chuck portion 15d.
While the o is raised and the four corners of the hand towel 2 are held, a moving device 15p is driven by a control device (not shown) to move the hand towel onto the conveyor of the hand towel winder 16 installed on the downstream side. 15a, the chuck part 15b, the chuck part 15c, and the chuck 15d are simultaneously released, and the hand towel 2 is dropped onto the conveyor of the hand towel winder 16 and supplied. Thus, the supply of the hand towel to the winding machine can be fully automated, the power can be eliminated, and the productivity can be greatly improved. In addition, the radix of the developing process and the inspecting process of the hand towel 2 is determined by the capacity of the winding machine, the number of installations, and the like.

[0023]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, unmanned or a small number of people can perform the work of supplying a hand towel to the winding machine from the hand towel collecting area where washed wet hand towels are piled up, and the cost can be remarkably reduced. In addition to this, excellent effects such as improvement in productivity can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side view taken along the line AA of FIG.

5 is a side view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of C in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a side view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a side view taken along the line CC of FIG.

9 is a side view taken along the line DD of FIG.

10 is a side view taken along the line EE of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Transfer Conveyor 2 Hand towel 3 Hand towel collecting area 4 Clamping device 6 Clamping device 7 Corner detector 8 Clamping device for deployment set 9 Clamping device for deployment set 11 Corner detector 12 Clamping device 13 Inspection table 14 Detector 15 Clamping Equipment 16 winding machine

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A hand towel transfer conveyor is provided between a hand towel collecting area where piles of washed wet hand towels are piled up and a winding machine, and one hand towel is held above the transfer conveyor to the hand towel transfer conveyor. A hand towel holding device for carrying to the supply section, a corner detector for detecting the corner of the hand towel carried to this supply section, and two adjacent corners detected by the corner detector for holding the hand towel. A hand towel supply device for a winding machine, which is equipped with a hand towel gripping device for the development set, which lifts up and unfolds it and sends it to the deployment set position of the transfer conveyor. 2. A hand towel transfer conveyor and a hand towel inspection stand are sequentially provided between a hand towel collecting area where piles of washed wet hand towels are piled up and a winding machine, and a single hand towel is held above the transfer conveyor. A hand towel gripping device that conveys the hand towel to the supply part to the hand towel transfer conveyor, a corner detector that detects the corner of the hand towel carried to this supply part, and two adjacent corners that are detected by this corner detector. A hand towel gripping device for the development set is provided to hold the part and lift the hand towel to the unfolded state and then send it to the deployment set position of the transfer conveyor.Furthermore, the corner of the hand towel transferred to the upper side of the downstream side of the transfer conveyor. Corner detector for detecting a corner and two adjacent corners detected by the corner detector are sandwiched and a hand towel is sent onto the inspection table for the inspection table set. A hand towel supply device for a winding machine, which is provided with a gripping device. 3. A hand towel transfer conveyor and a hand towel inspection table are sequentially provided between a hand towel collecting area where piles of washed wet hand towels are piled up and a winding machine, and a single hand towel is held above the transfer conveyor. A hand towel gripping device that conveys the hand towel to the supply part to the hand towel transfer conveyor, a corner detector that detects the corner of the hand towel carried to this supply part, and two adjacent corners that are detected by this corner detector. A hand towel gripping device for the development set is provided to hold the part and lift the hand towel to the unfolded state and then send it to the deployment set position of the transfer conveyor.Furthermore, the corner of the hand towel transferred to the upper side of the downstream side of the transfer conveyor. Corner detector for detecting a corner and two adjacent corners detected by the corner detector are sandwiched and a hand towel is sent onto the inspection table for the inspection table set. To the winding machine, which is provided with a gripping device for gripping both sides of the center of the inspected hand towel above the inspection table and folding it in half and sending it to the winding machine. Hand towel supply device.